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Nothing Godly or Kingly in Exodus: Gods and Kings

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2.5 stars | Action-fantasy | PG-13 | 144 min. Cast: Christian Bale, Joel Edgerton, John Turturro, Aaron Paul, Ben Mendelsohn, Sigourney Weaver, Ben Kingsley, Maria Valverde, Dar Salim, Golshifteh Farahani, Indira Varma, Hiam Abbass, Tara Fitzgerald and Isaac Andrews. My opinion : Ridley Scott is the man behind movies like Gladiator (2000), Robin Hood (2010) and now Exodus: Gods and Kings . After watching the movie, all I can say is the latest venture of this popular filmmaker has failed to impress me. This is probably the worst film made by the ace director. A biblical plot Plot : Moses (Bale), a commander and Ramses ( Edgerton ), his son are both loyal to the Egyptian Pharaoh, Seti ( Turturro). A prediction is foretold that the savior of the king in the battle will also revolt against the Pharaoh of Egypt. The happens but it is overlooked by the Seti. Immediately after the war, Moses goes to the Hebrew colony of slaves and discovers his Hebrew origin fr...
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Bilbo: My old ring. I should very much like to hold it again, one last time.                                                                    --- LOTR I couldn’t help but notice the similarity of this desire of holding the ring and that of the lost love. Those who are heartbroken and betrayed, wish to hold their lost love in their arm again, one last time. They get stuck with this idea. What they fail to realize is that the past is already gone. Every moment spent thinking about the past will actually worsen the present and the future.